English ecclesiastical courts

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church court ecclesiastical court system

English ecclesiastical courts were church-run judicial bodies in England that handled matters such as marriage, morality, wills, and clerical discipline under canon law.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England 2

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church court ⓘ
ecclesiastical court system ⓘ
appliedLaw canon law ⓘ
ecclesiastical law ⓘ
country England ⓘ
higherCourt Court of Arches NERFINISHED ⓘ
Court of Delegates NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Court of Delegates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod Stuart period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tudor period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
early modern England ⓘ
medieval England ⓘ
includedCourtType Court of Arches NERFINISHED ⓘ
archdeaconry court ⓘ
consistory court ⓘ
peculiar court ⓘ
prerogative court ⓘ
jurisdiction adultery ⓘ
blasphemy ⓘ
church discipline ⓘ
church property ⓘ
clerical discipline ⓘ
defamation ⓘ
faculty jurisdiction ⓘ
fornication ⓘ
heresy ⓘ
legitimacy ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
matrimonial causes ⓘ
morality ⓘ
pews and seats in church ⓘ
probate ⓘ
testamentary matters ⓘ
tithes ⓘ
wills ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
lostJurisdictionTo civil courts ⓘ
lostMatrimonialJurisdictionTo Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes NERFINISHED ⓘ
lostProbateJurisdictionTo Court of Probate NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
procedureType inquisitorial procedure ⓘ
punishmentType excommunication ⓘ
interdict ⓘ
penance ⓘ
suspension from office ⓘ
relatedTo English legal history ⓘ
canon law of the Church of England ⓘ
significantReform Court of Probate Act 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ecclesiastical Courts Act 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judicature Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reformation in England NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedOfficial advocate ⓘ
chancellor ⓘ
commissary ⓘ
proctor ⓘ
registrar ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 → relatedTo → English ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
Measures of the Church of England → enforcedBy → English ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England
Act in Restraint of Appeals → transferredAppealsTo → English ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
John Greenwood → opposedBy → English ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England